Week 26 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Spe... rotoballer.com Sun 9/15/24 9:12 AM

The 2024 MLB regular season has flown by, and two weeks are left in the season. There are a few more chances to prepare your team for the fantasy baseball playoffs or secure categories to win your 5x5 roto leagues. We are back with more waiver wire advice to help win those fantasy championships with our Week 26 (September 16 - September 22) of the 2024 MLB season. Most of the top prospects have been called up by now, and it comes down to adding players who have been performing well and could ...

Sneaky Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Buys (Week 24): Hot... rotoballer.com Wed 9/4/24 6:00 AM

Fantasy baseball managers continue to deal with starting pitching injuries down the stretch. Some of the more recent names to hit the injured list are Robbie Ray (hamstring) and Clayton Kershaw (toe).For those who need starting pitching reinforcements, streaming the right players could be key. Are Shane Baz, Javier Assad, Albert Suarez, Matthew Boyd, and Joey Estes just viable streaming options, or could any of them be worth rostering for the remainder of the season?Let's dig into the stats for ...

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From J... rotoballer.com Wed 9/4/24 11:45 AM

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 24 of the 2024 fantasy baseball season. We've got two AL arms to break down this week, a rookie and a veteran. First, we'll deep dive into Angels rookie Jack Kochanowicz's hot stretch. Then, we'll look at the return of veteran lefty Matthew Boyd in Cleveland.For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope...

Matthew Boyd To Undergo Tommy John Surgery rotoballer.com Tue 6/27/23 6:16 PM

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matthew Boyd (elbow) has been placed on the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. That is not good news after Boyd exited early during Monday's start against the Texas Rangers due to elbow discomfort. Now, it appears the left-hander is set to miss the rest of the season due to a partial sprain of his left UCL. Boyd is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery. The Tigers rotation takes another hit with Eduardo Rodriguez (finger) and Tarik Skubal (elbow) already sidelined. ...

Matthew Boyd Leaves Early With Elbow Discomfort rotoballer.com Mon 6/26/23 10:12 PM

Updating a previous report, Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd (elbow) left his start early on Monday against the Texas Rangers with left-elbow discomfort. Boyd only made it two-thirds of an inning in the first and allowed a run on a solo home run while striking out two. Fantasy managers will want to check back for updates on his status after the Tigers get the results of tests back either Monday night or Tuesday morning. The good news for Detroit is that if Boyd requires an injured-list ...

Matthew Boyd Leaves Start After 15 Pitches rotoballer.com Mon 6/26/23 9:00 PM

Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd left his start against the Texas Rangers on Monday with an apparent injury. Boyd threw just 15 pitches before departing, getting two outs via strikeouts and allowing one run on one hit. Following his 15th pitch, Boyd was visited on the mound by manager A.J. Hinch and the Tigers' head trainer. He was replaced on the mound by Will Vest. Stay tuned as the Tigers are likely to update Boyd's status following Monday's game.

Guardians-Tigers Postponed Monday rotoballer.com Mon 4/17/23 2:26 PM

The game between the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers on Monday is being postponed due to inclement weather and cold temperatures. The contest will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Guardians were set to start Hunter Gaddis on the mound on Monday, with left-hander Matthew Boyd opposing him on the mound for Detroit. Expect the two starters to be pushed to one of Tuesday's games. Fantasy managers want to make sure to remove any players from their starting lineups that ...

Matthew Boyd To Start Monday Against Astros rotoballer.com Wed 3/29/23 4:36 PM

Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd is lined up to start the team's fourth game of the season on Monday on the road against the Houston Astros. Eduardo Rodriguez, Spencer Turnbull and Joey Wentz will start the first three games of the season in the opening series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Matt Manning will go on Tuesday against Houston. Boyd, a 32-year-old southpaw, made his return late last season after having flexor-tendon surgery on his left arm and was pretty impressive with the ...

Matthew Boyd (SP, DET) - 2023 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values rotoballer.com Fri 3/24/23 11:43 AM

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 375CURRENT ADP: ~395 overallANALYSIS: It's been a turbulent couple of years for Boyd. He threw just 78.2 innings in 2021 and 13.1 last year all due to injury. He appears to be healthy again and has a job in the Tigers rotation, and he's looked really great this spring with 21 strikeouts and three walks in 13 innings.The biggest positive about Boyd is that we saw really encouraging things from him in the past. In 2019, he racked up a 30.2% K% with a 6.1% BB% across...

Matthew Boyd Agrees With Tigers rotoballer.com Thu 12/1/22 11:31 AM

The Detroit Tigers and left-hander Matthew Boyd agreed to a deal on Thursday, pending a physical, according to sources familiar with the deal. MLB Network's Jon Heyman is reporting that the deal is for $10 million-plus. The 31-year-old southpaw spent seven seasons with the Tigers from 2015 to 2021 and returns to a team looking to overhaul its pitching staff under new president Scott Harris. Boyd signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2022 and was traded to the Seattle Mariners in early August. ...